A selection of English ESL at the carnival printables

Subject: At the carnival

Vocabulary: a princess, a prince, a fairy, a clown, a pirate, a scientist, a knight, an angel, a superhero, a cheerleader, a witch, an Indian, a teacher, a bee, a nurse

At the carnival

While I was searching for the lyrics of this song, I found some articles about it and, as the story seemed interesting to me, I decided to do this worksheet. First, while reading, the students have to put the verbs in the correct tense/voice. Then there is a true/false exercise, an exercise about hyphenated compound adjectives, a matching exercise, an exercise to match words with definitions and a final question abound gerunds. I included this one because my students struggle with gerund and with translating it. I used this together with the worksheet for the song itself, which I also uploaded today. I hope you like it!

"The carnival is over" by The Seekers - reading, vocabulary, grammar

Students must fill in the missing letters of the Carnival vocabulary words: masks, prize, dance, music, float, etc. Then students must fill in the blanks in the sentences provided with the correct Carnival word. This activity can be used with my matching YouTube video: https://youtu.be/cmR5I16ZVSo


The video shows pictures of the objects/words after the answer is revealed and includes a review section. You may want to teach the students these words before playing this game if they have a lower level of English.


A teacher guide and the answer key is provided on the second page.

CARNIVAL Vocabulary + Fill-in-the-Blanks Sentences (with Video Activity)

This lesson focuses on helping students distinguish between the Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses. It is suitable for intermediate-level students who are developing their ability to use tenses correctly in various contexts. Through engaging activities, students will learn how to use the Present Simple to describe habits, routines, and general truths, as well as the Present Continuous for actions happening now, temporary situations, and future arrangements.


The lesson begins with a reading text featuring different people describing their holiday plans, allowing students to see the tenses in context. Students will then complete a series of practice activities, including gap-fills, error correction, and dialogue creation. These activities encourage students to notice the differences between the tenses and apply the rules independently. Additionally, open-ended questions are included to stimulate conversation and personal reflection on students' own habits and plans, providing opportunities for both written and spoken practice.


This lesson is ideal for reinforcing understanding of both tenses, as well as practicing speaking and writing skills. Students will leave with a stronger grasp of when to use each tense and avoid common mistakes.

Holidays Around the World: Present simple vs continuous

First students should read the text. Maybe translate words like "Lent" or "Easter". Then there are three tasks: 1. Choose the correct answer. 2. Answer the questions. 3. Read and match the words and their definitions.

Reading comprehension "The Carnival in Tenerife" (text and three types of tasks with answers))

This worksheet is for adults and high school, level B1 students. The students read the text and answer the questions.  The text should also introduce a debate about the subject.

Series Carnival - Nice

This worksheet has two pages. The first page  shows different Carnival costumes. Students have to match the pictures with the words. The second page contains a wordsearch. Students have to find the name of some Carnival related words in the wordsearch.

Carnival Costumes

This worksheet is based on the presentation "Carnival Costumes", which I have just uploaded.

Students have to read the list of words containing the names of the costumes, look at the pictures and write the correct number inside each circle.

20 CARNIVAL COSTUMES - Matching

Here are some pictures of carnival costumes. The correct name has to be written under the picture. 

As the pictures can be coloured, you also can repeat the colours. Either you can train the listening skills by giving the description or they can colour it by themself and have to describe their costume. 

Carnival costumes

I created this worksheet to work on the kinds of animals with a video from youtube.

The students had to watch the video without the worksheet. The second time we watched it, they had the worksheet in front and we made it even funnier by playing a competition in three groups to see which group could complete more information about their animal group.

Finally, I wrote the missing information on the board and we corrected it.



CARNIVORES, HERBIVORES AND OMNIVORES

This worksheet is for adults and high school, level B1 students. The students read the text and answer true or false  questions. There are also open questions that students have to answer. The text should also introduce a debate about the subject.

Easy reading - Carnival

Carnival - History

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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36 At the carnival English ESL worksheets pdf & doc